Information about #BAC2CE color

#BAC2CE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BAC2CE falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(186, 194, 206) — 72.9% red, 76.1% green, 80.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 8 / 5 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #BAC2CE appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Metallic Silver (#BCC6CC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Oxygen (#BBC6D5) and Quarter Powder Blue (#BEC6C8).

The recipe behind #BAC2CE is rgb(186, 194, 206), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BAC2CE: 11.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BAC2CE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BAC2CE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BAC2CE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BAC2CE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Breathless color link
Breathless

#C1C8D2

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BAC2CE
  • RGB186, 194, 206
  • CMYK8, 5, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(186, 194, 206)
  • HSL216°, 17%, 77%
  • HSL Precise216°, 16.949%, 76.863%
  • HSV216°, 10%, 81%
  • HSB216°, 10%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.761, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.761, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.761, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBAC2CE
  • DECIMAL ID12239566
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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